📚 Finished the last 2 #books in Vilhelm Moberg's #TheEmigrantNovels - The Settlers & The Last Letter Home. Loved this entire series about a Swedish family homesteading in late 1800s Minnesota - Also the basis for two great films. Highly recommended 📚
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I just completed the first in the four part series of novels by Vilhelm Moberg (1898-1973) - The Emigrants - written between 1949 and 1959, that describes a Swedish family's emigration to Minnesota in the mid-19th century. A fantastic book.
The novels have been interpreted to film a few times - The Emigrants (based on the first two novels) and The New Land (based on the second two), both starring Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann, directed by Jan Troell in 1971-2 and more recently in 2021, a film by Erik Poppe starring Gustaf Skarsgård and Lisa Carlehed.
Moberg committed suicide by drowning himself in a lake outside his house. He left a note to his wife saying: "The time is twenty past seven; I go to seek in the lake the eternal sleep. Forgive me, I could not endure."
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Loved this remake by #director #ErikPoppe, of the 1971 #film - maybe because it reflects the experience of my #Scandinavianancestors. Great performances from #GustafSkarsgård, #LisaCarlehed + singer #ToveLo. Based on the #book series by #VilhelmMoberg, first published in 1949. The film was set to include #LivUllman who starred in the original - but Covid complications prevented that.
#TheEmigrants (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4697290/
